New York Red Bulls Head Coach Jesse Marsch said the team’s loss to LA Galaxy, New York’s third-straight loss, is on him.
"I have to take responsibility for this, because to have a team that's not ready to play from the start, and to play a first half like that where we show no life and no commitment and no belief, you know, I have to look carefully at what I'm doing," Marsch said.
The head coach said it was the worst game he's seen with the Red Bulls.
“That falls on my shoulders because it's my job to prepare everyone and to make sure that whenever we play, win, lose or draw, that we are us,” Marsch said following the team’s 3-1 loss on Sunday night. “That falls on me, and I've got to figure out -- I've got to figure out selections. I've got to figure out who our guys we can count on, and I've got to challenge everyone to now have more self-belief and commitment and understand what it's going to take for us to be the team we want to be.”
New York has let in eight goals over their current losing streak, while scoring just once, at the very end of their game against LA Galaxy.
Down 2-0 at halftime following two early goals by Romain Allessandrini, Marsch said he challenged the team to execute their style of play.
“I challenged them. I challenged them to stick together and to be more like us,” Marsch said.
Following the loss on Sunday, New York has a short week with red-hot Toronto FC coming to Red Bull Arena.
“You know, you give the Galaxy credit because they had a shaky performance in the first half and they responded in that game and they come here and responded in a big way,” Marsch said. “They learned a lot about themselves. Time for us to learn about ourselves. Time for us to learn what we're made of.
